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Citation

Dreze J, Khera R. Popul. Dev. Rev. 2000; 26(2): 335-352.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Population Council, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1728-4457.2000.00335.x

PMID

18939355

Abstract

This study presents an analysis of inter-district variations in murder rates in India in 1981. Three significant patterns emerge. First, murder rates in India bear no significant relation with urbanization or poverty. Second, there is a negative association between literacy and criminal violence. Third, murder rates in India are highly correlated with the female-male ratio in the population: districts with higher female-male ratios have lower murder rates. Alternative hypotheses about the causal relationships underlying this connection between sex ratios and murder rates are scrutinized. One plausible explanation is that low female-male ratios and high murder rates are joint symptoms of a patriarchal environment. This study also suggests that gender relations, in general, have a crucial bearing on criminal violence.


Language: en

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